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The Slowdown in Global Trade
The slowdown in trade has received a great deal of attention, and it is sometimes cited as one of the reasons for the sluggishness of global output growth. However, the linkage between the two is not clear-cut.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17016/2573-2129.13
Debt Statistics a la Carte: Alternative Recipes for Measuring Government Indebtedness
According to Eurostat, the Greek government owed Euro 317 billion in debt at the end of 2014. This is equivalent to more than 177% of GDP, 387% of tax revenue and amounts to almost Euro 30,000 per person.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17016/2573-2129.12
Do financial market frictions affect executive compensation?
Compensation policy, characterized by CEO pay-for-performance, is one of the most important factors in a company's success, shaping how well executives run the company.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17016/2573-2129.11
How much has dollar appreciation affected U.S. corporate profits?
U.S. corporate profits fell about 1.4 percent in the fourth quarter of last year and, based on estimates from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), declined a further 5.2 percent in the first quarter of 2015.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17016/2573-2129.10
Did the West Coast Port Dispute Contribute to the First-Quarter GDP Slowdown?
In this post, we examine how the labor dispute at the West Coast ports, which began in the middle of 2014, might have affected GDP growth.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17016/2573-2129.09
Recent euro-area inflows into U.S. bonds: Reconciling and understanding new data sources
Understanding how global investors respond to differences in monetary policy stances, economic prospects, and other developments that affect financial markets is clearly a topic of interest. However, interpreting the data collected on U.S. (and other) cross-border financial flows can be challenging because different data sources have different features and shortcomings.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17016/2573-2129.08
Disclaimer: IFDP Notes are articles in which Board economists offer their own views and present analysis on a range of topics in economics and finance. These articles are shorter and less technically oriented than IFDP Working Papers.